Scams (Japanese: スカム, sukamu), commonly styled SCAM$, is a 2019 Japanese television drama. The series premiered on Netflix on November 6, 2019.
The story is based on the nonfiction novel Rojin Kui by Daisuke Suzuki.
Premise[]
Official Netflix description:
- Hit hard by the Lehman shock, a well-meaning young man joins a phone scam operation and gets increasingly embroiled in the underworld.
Cast and characters[]
Starring:
- Yosuke Sugino (杉野 遥亮) as Seijitsu Kusano (草野誠実)
- Tomoya Maeno (前野 朋哉) as Soichi Kiyomiya (清宮壮一)
- Maika Yamamoto (山本 舞香) as Misaki Azuma (吾妻美咲)
Co-starring:
- Junki Tozuka (戸塚 純貴) as Shotaro Tanaka (田中祥太郎)
- Shodai Fukuyama (福山 翔大) as Tatsuya Kurusu 来栖達也
- Ron Mizuma (水間 ロン) as Yohei Mori 杜洋平
- Takuya Wakabayashi (若林拓也) as Taku Goriki 剛力卓
- Asuka Hanamura (華村あすか) as Hana Tsujihime 辻姫花
- Shuntarou Yanagi (栁俊太郎) as Onuma 小沼
- Takashi Yamanaka (山中 崇) as Ryo Yamada 山田良
- Masato Wada (和田正人) as Kaoru Tokugawa (毒川馨)
- Naomi Nishida (西田 尚美) as Sachiko Kusano 草野幸子
- Tetta Sugimoto (杉本哲太) as Tojo (東条)
- Ryouhei Ootani (大谷亮平) as Yasushi Jinbu 神部逸
Episodes[]
| Episode # | First aired | Directed by | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | July 1, 2019 | Yuki Kobayashi | Jun Tsugita |
| Episode 2 | July 8, 2019 | ||
| Episode 3 | July 15, 2019 | ||
| Episode 4 | July 22, 2019 | ||
| Episode 5 | July 29, 2019 | ||
| Episode 6 | August 5, 2019 | ||
| Episode 7 | August 12, 2019 | ||
| Episode 8 | August 19, 2019 | ||
| Episode 9 | August 26, 2019 |
Trivia[]
- The Japanese phonetic title スカム (sukamu) is typically translated as Scum.
Gallery[]
Character chart from the official website
External links[]
- Official site: mbs.jp/drama-scams
- Official Twitter (Japanese): @scam_0630
- IMDB: Scams
- Wikipedia (Japanese): スカム (2019年のテレビドラマ)